Head Coach Bill Snyder
Opening Statement …
“I felt we played well defensively. Obviously on the first drive we gave up a field goal and we’d like to get that back and have a zero on board. But collectively I thought we played well and we played hard. I thought we played smart.”
On Joe Hubener’s performance …
“He made some nice plays and had some deep balls. He got some help from his receivers. He mis-threw a few balls that were short and I haven’t got that figured out yet. Outside of that he managed the offense very, very well. I thought he made good decisions in regards to what he got us into and out of. He handled the running game well. He handled his part of the running game well. Overall, he did some good things, but we still have some growth in some aspects of the passing game.”
On Will Davis’s batted ball in the endzone …
“Well we really hadn’t [batted any balls down early in the game] and it was important for us. We got a couple towards the end of the ballgame. We needed more. We were playing against a smaller quarterback so if you get a good pass rush and get your hands up you’re going to bat a few down. We didn’t get as many as we should have. [Bogenschutz] gets the ball off awful quickly and it’s pretty hard to get the sack-type things, but you can certainly redirect some balls that he throws if you do a good job of getting your hands up. That was a big play for us. There’s a lot of guys who don’t get the credit they deserve and Will is certainly one of them.”
On getting the tempo he wanted on both sides of the ball today …
“Well tempo on our side, offensively, will put you to sleep. And that’s normally what we tend to do. We can go faster if we choose to, but very seldom do we do that. I thought we handled their tempo reasonably well. Not too many alignment mistakes. We got calls in at a good pace and our players echo the calls well. We’ve done pretty well. In a couple games it’s going to come at the speed of lightning and we’ve got to improve and be able to adjust if the tempo gets faster.”
Travis Britz, Sr., DT
On a better effort this week than last week …
“I wouldn’t agree with ‘effort’. I think our execution was better today. Obviously we gave up three points and we don’t want to do that. We executed our assignments and we were better against the passing game and really stopping the run, too. So we improved from last week but we still have a long way to go.”
On getting good pressure on the quarterback …
“It was just understanding what they were going to try and do to us. We knew that they were in a passing situation due to the score so we just put our ears back and got after it.”
On slowing down the rush …
“I think we just reacted well and aligned better. They were going mach speed that first series and like most teams they had a set of plays that they knew what they were going to do. That first series we didn’t slow them down as much as we needed to, but from the second series on we understood what they were trying to do to us, so we were able to repond faster and play faster.
On slowing down the tempo of the game …
“That is due to the coaches. They really broke down the film well and got us to line well and taught us what we could do against them defensively. The play-calling was great. Most of the time our guys were lined up and we all understood what we needed to do. It was just a great effort by the whole defensive staff and the players.”
Opening Statement …
“I felt we played well defensively. Obviously on the first drive we gave up a field goal and we’d like to get that back and have a zero on board. But collectively I thought we played well and we played hard. I thought we played smart.”
On Joe Hubener’s performance …
“He made some nice plays and had some deep balls. He got some help from his receivers. He mis-threw a few balls that were short and I haven’t got that figured out yet. Outside of that he managed the offense very, very well. I thought he made good decisions in regards to what he got us into and out of. He handled the running game well. He handled his part of the running game well. Overall, he did some good things, but we still have some growth in some aspects of the passing game.”
On Will Davis’s batted ball in the endzone …
“Well we really hadn’t [batted any balls down early in the game] and it was important for us. We got a couple towards the end of the ballgame. We needed more. We were playing against a smaller quarterback so if you get a good pass rush and get your hands up you’re going to bat a few down. We didn’t get as many as we should have. [Bogenschutz] gets the ball off awful quickly and it’s pretty hard to get the sack-type things, but you can certainly redirect some balls that he throws if you do a good job of getting your hands up. That was a big play for us. There’s a lot of guys who don’t get the credit they deserve and Will is certainly one of them.”
On getting the tempo he wanted on both sides of the ball today …
“Well tempo on our side, offensively, will put you to sleep. And that’s normally what we tend to do. We can go faster if we choose to, but very seldom do we do that. I thought we handled their tempo reasonably well. Not too many alignment mistakes. We got calls in at a good pace and our players echo the calls well. We’ve done pretty well. In a couple games it’s going to come at the speed of lightning and we’ve got to improve and be able to adjust if the tempo gets faster.”
Travis Britz, Sr., DT
On a better effort this week than last week …
“I wouldn’t agree with ‘effort’. I think our execution was better today. Obviously we gave up three points and we don’t want to do that. We executed our assignments and we were better against the passing game and really stopping the run, too. So we improved from last week but we still have a long way to go.”
On getting good pressure on the quarterback …
“It was just understanding what they were going to try and do to us. We knew that they were in a passing situation due to the score so we just put our ears back and got after it.”
On slowing down the rush …
“I think we just reacted well and aligned better. They were going mach speed that first series and like most teams they had a set of plays that they knew what they were going to do. That first series we didn’t slow them down as much as we needed to, but from the second series on we understood what they were trying to do to us, so we were able to repond faster and play faster.
On slowing down the tempo of the game …
“That is due to the coaches. They really broke down the film well and got us to line well and taught us what we could do against them defensively. The play-calling was great. Most of the time our guys were lined up and we all understood what we needed to do. It was just a great effort by the whole defensive staff and the players.”
